"BKosher84" (bkosher84)
04/19/2015 at 23:29 • Filed to: None
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"BKosher84" (bkosher84)
04/19/2015 at 23:29 • Filed to: None | 2
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I was born/raised in OKC... Oklahoma gets a lot of flack here on Gawker Media (For reasons I don't really understand...) but I moved 5 months before it happened. My Mom, who worked for the OSSBA (Okie State School Board Association) and would have been in the building across the street from the Murrah Federal Building if we were still there.. Thankfully we moved to Ohio because who knows what could have happened.. Just like 9/11.. I will always remember the day that the bombing happened, coming home from school to my mom frantically calling her friends in Oklahoma to make sure they were all okay.. Then the next day, having kids at school asking me if I knew anyone that died..
S0rry, I've just been in a funk today because of this. I will always love my hometown. No matter how much flack it gets about being in the bible belt/being weird....
For Sweden
> BKosher84
04/19/2015 at 23:31 |
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“That’s what you get for not living adjacent to an ocean.”
-Gawker
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BKosher84
> BKosher84
04/19/2015 at 23:34 |
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Also, Luke Bryan just won the ACM Entertainer of the Year Award.. This day sucks...
CB
> BKosher84
04/19/2015 at 23:34 |
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Time flies. It’s a tragic event that never should have happened.
jariten1781
> BKosher84
04/20/2015 at 00:04 |
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My granny lived in some apartments across the street but was at work luckily. One of the most surreal things I ever did was going up with my dad afterwards. We were given 15 minutes in her place to grab whatever irreplaceable stuff we could carry. Only 15 minutes cause it was structurally unsound. Glass was all blown out and embedded in all the furniture. From what used to be the window it overlooked the maw of what remained of the Murrah building. We ran around grabbing her passport, birth certificate, pictures, and whatever else we could carry. She was too old to make the trek up (elevators out of service) so she just tried to tell us ahead of time what to grab and where it was. Everything else went down with the building I suppose. She ended up retiring after that to move down nearer to us. Pretty crazy for a middle schooler to experience...hey kid, crazy people are out there and they can and will do this kind of shit, don’t be surprised next time. That and 9/11 when I was in college were two big things that helped push me to join the Navy.
Community really helped her out afterwards. Put her in a long stay hotel with no rent until she got back on her feet, another good lesson for a kid.
I grew up in Norman and there were a number of kids in my school who lost a parent/relative. I happened to be in a GT class and the TV was on so I found out pretty quickly, but then they sequestered us because they didn’t want the other kids finding out until there was more solid info. I remember sitting in that small room all day, watching KFOR, with them calling the kids with missing, injured, or dead family over the intercom knowing exactly why they were being called...pretty crazy to think back on it once a year.
Tohru
> BKosher84
04/20/2015 at 00:46 |
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Gawker hates everything that’s not New York or California.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> BKosher84
04/20/2015 at 01:56 |
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Amen to that. Not a big fan of his style of music.
E. Julius
> BKosher84
04/20/2015 at 03:06 |
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Have you been to the memorial in OKC? I’m not an OK native (I go to OU), and the bombing occurred when I was an infant, but even for me it was a pretty powerful experience. Very well done, quite beautiful.
With you on the Oklahoma complaint stuff as well. As much as I might complain about it sometimes, it will always be a special place for me, and the time I’ve spent there so far has been some of the best in my life.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> BKosher84
04/20/2015 at 04:20 |
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20 years already?
wow.
time flies!
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> BKosher84
04/20/2015 at 09:08 |
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Sometimes this shit hits way too close to home... We weren’t in Oklahoma when it happened, but have been here since 2000 (Duncan for three years and Tulsa since then). The only hopeful thing when disasters happen - natural or “man-made” - is that you see the true character of so many people who rush in to help. There are many more helpers than harmers, but the latter will always get the attention. I’ve gained much respect for the vast majority of Oklahomans over the years. “Salt of the earth” folks, for sure.
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BKosher84
> E. Julius
04/20/2015 at 12:35 |
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I have not been back since we moved in December of 1994. I’m about to have a kid of my own soon (June 30th!) and I want to make it a point to go back when he gets older.. Show him dads’ old stomping grounds.. I will probably go back soon though.. I know for a fact I will break down when I step into that memorial though...